Error in tasks.json

[Engineer2B]

Type: Bug

I get the error "Matches multiple schemas when only one must validate." in "tasks.json" when enabling the extension.

Extension version: 2023.2.32964508 VS Code version: Code 1.80.0 (660393deaaa6d1996740ff4880f1bad43768c814, 2023-07-04T15:06:02.407Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621 Modes:

System Info

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gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
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webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
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[sanannavyaa]

Hi, are you able to share your tasks.json? Thank you!

[Engineer2B]

This gives the warning/error:

{
    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "👁️ Run gulp",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "gulp | Tee-Object -File \"$LOG_FOLDER/My-Project.log\" -Append",
            "group": {
                "kind": "none",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "runOptions": {
                "runOn": "folderOpen"
            }
        }
    ]
}

It disappears when changing

            "command": "gulp | Tee-Object -File \"$LOG_FOLDER/My-Project.log\" -Append",
            "group": {
                "kind": "none",
                "isDefault": true
            },

to

            "command": "gulp | Tee-Object -File \"$LOG_FOLDER/My-Project.log\" -Append",
            "windows":{
                "command": "gulp | Tee-Object -File \"$LOG_FOLDER/MyProject.log\" -Append",
            },
            "group": {
                "kind": "none",
                "isDefault": true
            },

[sanannavyaa]

Hi, thanks for sharing this, a quick note about tasks - the support for customizing tasks is provided by Microsoft, we only provide support for tasks that are shipped with our extension (for instance, the various autostart tasks) so one thing to consider is that this might be a VS Code/ different extension bug. Secondly, I just tried the tasks.json you shared on a Linux computer - it worked just fine with no issues. I also tried it on a windows computer where I saw the issue you see. On windows,

1. Initially, I reloaded the debugger window (Ctrl + shift + P -> Reload window) reload and that helped.
2. In another independent instance of VS Code, I did not reload it, I just ran the task despite the warning of it matching multiple schemas and it worked just fine.

I am curious to know what is your motivation behind adding the "windows" argument? That also works, but just curious if that does/doesn't impact the way you want this task to function?

[Engineer2B]

Never saw the reply to this. The problem resides in the json schema in package.json for tasks of type "shell" (used to validate tasks), which clashes with the json schema that vscode uses for tasks of type "shell", i.e., the piece of code:

      "taskDefinitions": [
            {
                "type": "shell",
                "required": [
                    "type",
                    "command",
                    "label"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "label": {
                        "type": "string"
                    },
                    "command": {
                        "type": "string"
                    },
                    "username": {
                        "type": "string"
                    },
                    "host": {
                        "type": "string"
                    },
                    "port": {
                        "type": "string"
                    },
                    "executable": {
                        "type": "string"
                    },
                    "remoteExecutable": {
                        "type": "string"
                    },
                    "executableBinaryName": {
                        "type": "string"
                    }
                }
            }
        ],

Changing "type": "shell" to, e.g., "type": "nsight vs code edition shell" would fix the issue.